Syntax Three						Ling 114A

Fall 2015

MWF	8-9:10,  Cowell 216

Instructor:   Jorge Hankamer
              Stevenson 264
              hank@ucsc.edu

Office hours: M 9:30-10:30, Tu 11-12

Course Web Page:	http://babel.ucsc.edu/~hank/114A.html

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for this course are Syntax 1 and 2, which develop an
understanding of generative grammar and how to investigate syntactic
structures, using the standard intuitive methods.  In terms of syntactic
theory, students will be well versed in X-bar theory as a theory of
phrase structure, and transformational analyses of A and A-bar movement
constructions.  The course will also presuppose a knowledge of the basics
of semantics and phonology, such as is provided in Semantics 1 and Phonology 1.

Goals

The purpose of this course is to build on the foundation of syntactic theory
and analysis that is established in Syntax 1 and 2, introducing further
empirical and theoretical dimensions and going beyond English as a language
of investigation.  More specifically, the course aims to introduce students
to the syntactic analysis of the well-established word order types
among the languages of the world (SV0, V2, VSO, SOV).

Sequence of topics, roughly:

	1.  Some issues in the theory of phrase structure
	2.  Ellipsis and how it interacts with phrase structure
	3.  Basic Word Order
		(a) How Turkish works
		(b) How German works
		(c) How Irish works
	4.  The typology of ellipsis
	5.  Anaphora and binding
	6.  A-movement revisited: passive and impersonal constructions

The course involves weekly problems, which will mostly be tackled as
group assignments, some readings, and a term paper.  Also a squib or two,
and at least one presentation.  The term paper will be developed on a
schedule approximately as follows:

	WEEK 3:	selection of topic
	WEEK 5:	progress report, including bibliography and outline
	WEEK 7:	first draft
	WEEK 9:	second draft and presentation
	WEEK 10: finished paper

Evaluation will be on the basis of the written assignments, classroom
participation including presentations, and the term paper.